Last year Reverend Walter Hoye of Oakland, California was arrested and jailed for exercising peaceful, pro-life speech outside an abortion clinic.

Oakland has bubble zone laws that restrict the speech of pro-lifers. They can’t be closer than eight feet from any individual within a one hundred foot radius of an abortion clinic.

But no victim testified against Reverend Hoye, only employees and volunteers with a financial or ideological interest in the abortion clinic. Still, a judge sentenced him to three years' probation, thirty days in jail and a one thousand dollar fine. Hoye appealed and the courts have overturned his conviction.

But other pro-lifers are being arrested around the country under unjust bubble zone ordinances that have been ruled unconstitutional.

In Chicago, pro-lifer Joe Holland was recently arrested for allegedly engaging in disorderly conduct. The charges against Joe Holland have been dropped, but the unconstitutional bubble zone ordinance remains. Because the city dropped the charges, Holland can’t legally challenge the constitutionality of the ordinance.

TAKE ACTION:

Help us pressure the city of Chicago to resend their unconstitutional bubble zone ordinance. Contact the Mayor of Chicago, Richard Delay, and demand that the city repeal this unconstitutional law.

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